An aerial view of the Radnor Lake area, January 3, 1961. Radnor Lake is a 1,200-acre natural area located in Davidson County in the Overton Hills approximately eight miles south of downtown Nashville. This natural area is an outlier of the Western...

An aerial view of the Radnor Lake area, January 3, 1961. Radnor Lake is a 1,200-acre natural area located in Davidson County in the Overton Hills approximately eight miles south of downtown Nashville. This natural area is an outlier of the Western...

A twenty-two page pamphlet put out by the Nashville Chamber of Commerce for the purpose of enticing business owners to locate their businesses in Nashville. Content includes statistics on population, economy, business, transportation, taxes, cost...

Pictured: “Members of the Business and Professional Women’s Club at Clarksville, who furnished the Day Room for the boys of Battery G, are shown above with some of the officers as they visited the battery area. Left to right, the group consists...

An informational pamphlet put out by the Nashville Chamber of Commerce urging manufacturers to consider locating their future plants in Nashville, Tennessee. Content includes maps showing Nashville's central location, an explanation of available...

Pictured: “Members of the Business and Professional Women’s Club at Clarksville, who furnished the Day Room for the boys of Battery G, are shown above with some of the officers as they visited the battery area. Left to right, the group consists...

Pictured: “Crowds wandered through the regimental area during the entire afternoon, and like the one shown above, they milled about, inspecting [?], mess halls, day rooms, and supply stores at will.” Source: Nashville Banner. A scene from family...

Pictured: “Dr. Vincent L. Fuqua, extreme right …. head of … foods, fertilizers and dairies, took a lively interest in the Army’s portable stoves which may be fastened into the back of trucks and will prepare food to be served when the convoy...

Pictured: “Two privates, Robert E. Cooke, Chattanooga, and Charles F. Britton, Michigan, make an early purchase at the Camp Forrest canteen from the smiling clerks, Clara Hill, Chattanooga, and Margie Green, also of Chattanooga.” Source: Nashville...

Pictured: “Camp Forrest reechoed to the martial blare of the 181st Field Artillery Band as the former Tennessee National Guard filed past the reviewing crowds of friends and relatives who assembled in the training camp for the first Family Day,...

Pictured: Soldiers marching from the train to their barracks at Camp Forrest. In foreground is mascot of troopers. Camp Forrest was built near Tullahoma, Tennessee as a National Guard Camp in 1926. During World War II, Camp Forrest was one of...

Pictured: A scene from family day at Camp Forrest on April 20th, 1941. Camp Forrest was built near Tullahoma, Tennessee as a National Guard Camp in 1926. During World War II, Camp Forrest was one of the Army’s largest training bases for infantry,...

Pictured: Soldiers scrubbing pans at the Camp Forrest mess hall, March 4, 1941. Camp Forrest was built near Tullahoma, Tennessee as a National Guard Camp in 1926. During World War II, Camp Forrest was one of the Army’s largest training bases for...

Pictured: A scene from family day at Camp Forrest on April 20th, 1941. Camp Forrest was built near Tullahoma, Tennessee as a National Guard Camp in 1926. During World War II, Camp Forrest was one of the Army’s largest training bases for infantry,...

Pictured: Two privates, Robert E. Cooke, Chattanooga, and Charles F. Britton, Michigan, at the Camp Forrest canteen and clerks Clara Hill and Margie Green, from Chattanooga. A scene from the arrival of military troops and units at Camp Forrest on...

An excerpt from an oral history interview with Nashville educator Mildred Owsley Buchanan., conducted on two dates in November 1980 by Paul Clements as part of the Century III Nashville: Nashville Heritage Project. Buchanan, a home economics...

Pictured: “Lieut. William M. Hart of Columbia, of Battery A, had as his special luncheon guests, his wife and little daughter, Lisbeth Miller Hart. Mrs. Hart and Lisbeth were among the many wives and children of officers and enlisted men who had...

Pictured: A scene from the arrival of military troops and units at Camp Forrest on March 4th, 1941. Camp Forrest was built near Tullahoma, Tennessee as a National Guard Camp in 1926. During World War II, Camp Forrest was one of the Army’s largest...

Pictured: “Battery B demonstrated how successfully the 155-mm howitzer may be camouflaged from air attack or observation by the use of a “fishnet,” a wire canopy hung with burlap rags. In the photo are: left to right, Sergt. Robert L. Carlock,...

Pictured: A soldier in front of Army trucks lined up at Camp Forrest on March 4th, 1941. Camp Forrest was built near Tullahoma, Tennessee as a National Guard Camp in 1926. During World War II, Camp Forrest was one of the Army’s largest training...